WHICH IS HARDER Sorrows Furnace or Ring Of Fire - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Solaris

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

R/Rt

24 Sep 2005 at 07:41 - 41

In SF you cannot do the "High Priest Alkar" with hencies! You need someone to stay with the priest and hencies always follow you! :P
I haven't finished the RoF I must do the last mission "Hell Precipice" my character is a W/Mo and no PUG wishes to do with it! I'll try with henchies seeing the above posts it seems not impossible!

Anyway I find SF and RoF equally difficult but enjoyable.

Pandora's box

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Netherlands

Mo/W

24 Sep 2005 at 10:48 - 42

Ring of Fire is much harder. For SF you need only 1 thing: Patience. The patience to wait for the right moment to pull one of the enemy parties out of the mob and finish them off. With the exeption of the protection mission it works all the same.

Cronos Khan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Jersey

W/

24 Sep 2005 at 12:39 - 43

I fell into a burning ring of fire.....of course it would be tough..SF is just a walk in the park compared to RoF...did I mention not having enough people there too kills it along with all that Murssat?

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

24 Sep 2005 at 13:35 - 44

RoF has evil, evil Mursaat Monk and Mesmer bosses, the Bloodstone with the Seals, the Titans, and not enough good players. SF has Orozar, Djinn, and too many noob players. I reluctantly go to RoF; the bosses are what tip the scales.

lg5000

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

24 Sep 2005 at 15:28 - 45

The last three missions are easier.. Sorrows you run into too many stupid groups.

Everything we learned from thunderhead keep onwards about being a bit more patient, and taking things slow (should have learned that the minute you step out of Amon Oasis), seems to be completly forgotten.

Then again, I love killing mursat

they just go down really fast (minus the mursat boss in the second to last mission, I hate her).

stacey_stacy1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lords Of Mayham

W/N

24 Sep 2005 at 15:31 - 46

to me FOW is the hardest in the game trying to complete all the quest is not easy when u want to buy the fissure armor u need to complete the quest and i dont see very many people on line with fissure armor

Ruoenkruez Tudor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

with Jessica Alba

Me/W

24 Sep 2005 at 19:05 - 47

ok i made up my mind i say ROF is harest beacause those damn seals,titans, and those mursaat so now RoF16 SF6

RebelLeader

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

God Send Conspirators [GSC]

W/N

25 Sep 2005 at 02:35 - 48

Shadow u can Solo Hydro mangas,Drakes, and Flesh Golems? In their respective groups? thats tough man, Im not very convinced.

Lets loook at what ive done

Completed Ring of fire (and all other missions in chain): 8 people.... *2 Monks, 4 Warriors, 1 Ele,1 Mesmer*

Got Into the Middle of Sorrows Furnace: 3 people... 1 Warrior, 2 Monks

Enough said. Sorrows furnace is easy as cake. Ring of fire and the chains of islands take teamwork and intelligence. Sorrows Furnace takes a dude with a sword and 2 monks...

Kaizume

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Goda Vos [GV]

25 Sep 2005 at 07:23 - 49

Most sorrow's furnace quests are easy, except for final assault. That is the most interesting quest there ever was. Its probably the trickiest thing I've ever done! Lava and the ball. Whee!

Sai of Winter

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

[ale]

Mo/

25 Sep 2005 at 08:13 - 50

Wow I'm surprise that everyone thinks RoF is hard o_O I've beaten all three in one day a few weeks ago and it took about 10+ minutes on each mission to finish. Ring of Fire is easy as long you know what to target first and have patience. Also, do not equip yourself with armor that has a majority of Superior Runes, health is one of the major key factors.

Kaizume

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Goda Vos [GV]

25 Sep 2005 at 09:07 - 51

RoF is pretty much a walk thru the park. Maybe sometimes on rough ground. Final assault would be hell if you compare that to RoF chain of islands.

The lich is EXTREMELY dissapointing.

A NERD1989

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Elite Black Ops

W/Mo

25 Sep 2005 at 09:57 - 52

well im not up to the ring of fire but ive done sorrows its pretty easy so if tsorrows is hard then ring of fire theres not much point playing the rest of the game then is there?

Fear The Destroyer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

25 Sep 2005 at 12:30 - 53

Sorrow's.

Tisud

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

26 Sep 2005 at 23:56 - 54

ring of fire is pretty hard. sorrows furnace is pretty easy. I vote ring of fire.

Ruoenkruez Tudor

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

with Jessica Alba

Me/W

27 Sep 2005 at 00:16 - 55

Rof 18 Sf 7

KaPe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

27 Sep 2005 at 02:22 - 56

Final Assault it's the only thing that compares with RoF. Well, not really, it's more like annoying thingy that keeps you from completing the quest - lava and respawning binders. In RoF, you have monsters that hit pretty hard(especially if you have someone uninfused - yes, it happens), can be annoyingly difficult to kill, or just plain evil(energy draining, CLing, ESing seals). Oh, and lava, if you decide to take the "easy" path.

But personally, I think Desert is actually place where things get tough. Bad groups will get slaughtered in Elona and will never make it in time in River - whereas in RoF, *real* trouble starts only if you agro too many groups at once.

The New Guy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Southern CALI

Eraserheads

N/Me

27 Sep 2005 at 18:47 - 57

I think Ring of Fire is harder. I did a couple of quest in SF using henchies and I made it....but, Ring of Fire...I tried it with henchies and we all died.

Angry penguins

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Crow's legion

27 Sep 2005 at 18:51 - 58

sorrow's was really easy, but i can't do the last mission in the ring of fire...its really pissing me off

Bugeater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

looking for a guild

27 Sep 2005 at 21:11 - 59

If you're just talking about fighting in each then yeah, Ring of Fire is harder. It has all the tough bad guys throughout the map. But when most people talk about "doing RoF" they mean the missions. So what's "doing SF"? If you just mean walking in and killing everything down in the furnace, then it's not too hard. If you mean completing Final Assult, then I'd say Final Assult beats out the hardest of what RoF has to offer.

All of Ring of Fire can be henched - many have done it. But for Sorrows Furnace, some people get caught up henching Orazor - it's hard when the waves are coming in, but still henchable if you position the henchies well. Others think Alkor can't be henched, but if you keep running back to him, you can hench that one as well. But I'd like to know how you beat the spawning binders with henchies alone.

Both are severely easy with an experienced, reliable team. But then so are UW/FoW. The real trick in all cases is to find such a team.

lg5000

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

28 Sep 2005 at 01:04 - 60

Bugeater, I'd love for someone to have the patience to teach me that. Instead of finding teams with quitters and in general, no-one really knowing what they are doing.

DaCota

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

E/Me

10 Oct 2005 at 02:07 - 61

IMO SF is harder, I've done all the fire island missions with henches. Caping those breeze keepers in ROF can be a pain, I have to go back in ROF with my monk to cap a breeze keeper and my luck it'll probably be after I kill those spiders and worse lava imps.....and I was right.

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

10 Oct 2005 at 16:42 - 62

SF, no contest.

I soloed the end of the Ring of Fire mission (cleared out everything inside the front gate, including the level 28 bosses) with my Necro. Keep in mind my necro wasn't even built for soloing - just battery + life syphoning.

Granted SF isn't hard at all either, with the exception of mabey Orozar quest, I'd still say that the Titan missions surpass both in difficulty.

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

11 Oct 2005 at 15:51 - 63

I would have to say ring of fire, SF is not that hard, I usually take henches and go.

KANE OG

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ogmios Graybeards

W/

12 Oct 2005 at 03:36 - 64

Definately ROF is harder. SF is do-able over and over with henchman and I'm a Warrior (harder to control henchies there). Stupid Jades :P

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

12 Oct 2005 at 09:18 - 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by octaviancmb

My Mesmer did it with a full hench group just yesterday Yeah, I've henched SF & RoF now too, and RoF was definitely the harder. At least until I learned that it's much easier to go in through the front door than to do as the vizier tells you and sneak around the back.

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

12 Oct 2005 at 19:25 - 66

Final assault I think is a bit harder then Ring of Fire. Orazor is up on difficulty for the groups were were in. I do pug's so that part of the difficulty.

Omega_2005

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

UK, or is it? *confused*

A/Rt

13 Oct 2005 at 12:16 - 67

Man... were having loads of problems trying to complete a few of the Sorrow's Furnace quests. RoF is hard, but nowhere near as entertaining as Sorrow's.

Lavendange19

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Paris / France but New Zealand from December

Les Bronz??s (BrZ)

E/R

13 Oct 2005 at 13:40 - 68

I think that concernaing exploration RoF is harder, that's true. Now talking about quests SF reaches first place. Orozar is MUCH harder than the RoF quests and final assault is not that hard as you can't lose by letting a stupid dwarf die but still harder than all RoF quests.

Concerning Titan's quests they are IMO around same level as orozar but could be easier if you start from another far outpost to get a larger group.

John Waffletord

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Baltimore, MD, USA

13 Oct 2005 at 15:37 - 69

the flame dinn/dark binder's quest thing > thunderhead keep > ROF > rest of sorrows furnace.

Super Bob

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Guild of Horrible Spellers

W/Mo

13 Oct 2005 at 17:36 - 70

I'll do it how John did it:

The whole game before RoF < RoF

The whole game including RoF > SF

Cymmina

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Me/N

16 Oct 2005 at 20:50 - 71

RoF is the single hardest mission in the entire game. I've cleared Abaddon's Mouth and Hell's Precipice with 7 henchmen + my mesmer. I cannot get my ranger though RoF with my friend's warrior + 6 henchmen. We're good up until we take out the seals to the front gate.

I ran though SF with my mesmer + 7 henchmen and tried helping each NPC exactly once. Only managed to complete the slave trader one. I could have done 2 of the others (not the priest one) with henchmen had I been more prepared for what was going to happen. I suspect all quests can be completed with 2 players + 6 henchmen with relative ease.

My vote is that RoF is more difficult.

Warlock Superstar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

[BoR]

16 Oct 2005 at 20:59 - 72

There is an easier way to do orozar, and it basically cuts the quest down to part A, then its over.
Final Assault is easier than RoF, did final assault first time.

so my vote goes to RoF.

DarkWax

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

17 Oct 2005 at 16:45 - 73

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooljelly

The ring of fire missions are easy as well if you know the mission well. They are very dorable with henchies. They might seem hard if you do not know how to send two warriors to destory the mursaat tower and keep the rest of the team outside. Whow,
while often playing with henchies I've yet to find out how this should work!

Sending in Devona and Thom to kill the mursaat tower and keeping meself & the other henchies safely outside it's range? I'd be pleased to hear some hints!

Have fun!